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Looking to make history on coal and clean energy in Oregon

by Mara Gross on

Oregon has an exciting opportunity for a big climate win this month, and we’re gaining momentum.

Solar+storage makes gains, US Senate makes sausage

by Seth Zuckerman on

German battery firm vows to become the ‘Airbnb of energy,’ Kauai briefly exceeds 90 percent renewable power, MIT releases new solar mapping tool, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.  

The Coal to Clean Imperative

by Elizabeth Willmott on

Puget Sound Energy is a crucial player on Washington's path toward a clean energy future, but its 20-year resource plan falls significantly short on the urgency and boldness we need to make deep, near-term carbon reduction.

We've got momentum

by Gregg Small on

Events in 2015 created so much momentum for the fight to stop global warming, and the first weeks of 2016 proved no different. Here's what Climate Solutions and our allies are doing to maintain course and speed towards a clean energy future.

With your help, a Coal-free Oregon is possible

by Kristen Sheeran on

This month—with your help—the Oregon Legislature can decide to completely phase out coal, and to double the amount of renewable energy in our state’s power grid.

Five Stories to Watch in the Arch Coal Bankruptcy

by Clark Williams-Derry on

This article was originally published by Sightline Institute. It is reprinted here with permission.

Washington BlueGreen Alliance

by KC Golden on

The Washington BlueGreen Alliance (BGA) is helping Washington turns its environmental challenges into economic opportunities.  With active participation from many of the state’s largest unions and environmental organizations, BGA of Washington works on projects ranging from funding energy efficiency upgrades in public facilities to Bellingham Waterfront redevelopment, to trade policy.

Solar, wind poised to grow—provided policies endure

by Seth Zuckerman on

General Electric retires compact fluorescent in favor of LEDs, coal mines go begging for buyers, California maintains net metering rules, and more news of the week in clean energy solutions.

Ceres Clean Trillion

by Eileen V. Quigley on

Ceres is a Boston-based, 25-year-old nonprofit organization advocating for sustainability leadership by mobilizing a powerful network of investors, companies, and public interest groups to accelerate and expand the adoption of sustainable business practices and solutions to build a healthy global economy.

Step by step towards a clean-energy future

by Vlad Gutman-Britten on

With the Washington State Legislature's 2016 session underway, Climate Solutions is working to decarbonize our state’s power grid, to cap climate-harming emissions, and to protect clean-energy gains that our state has made already.

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